To be or not to be planktonic? Self-inhibition of biofilm development

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1477-1486

  Nagar, Elad ^a   Schwarz, Rakefet ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE;

BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; PLANKTON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84928253055     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12583     Document Type: Short Survey

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